Published February 8, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Study of the 15N(p,γ)16O at LUNA

  • 1. Center for GeoTechnologies, Via Vetri Vecchi, 34 - 52027 San Giovanni Valdarno, Arezzo (Italy)
  • 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Padova Section, Via Marzolo 8 - 35131 Padova (Italy)

Description

The 15N(p,γ)16O reaction links the first CNO cycle with the second one allowing the production of the oxygen and fluorine isotopes during the hydrogen burning in novae and AGB and RGB stars. In recent years, this reaction has been studied deeply by LUNA (Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics). As a matter of fact three different experiments have been run to measure the 15N(p,γ)16O S factor down to the energy of the novae and ABG hydrogen burning reaching for the first time the 72.8 keV in the center of mass. In this contribution the results of the first two experiments are summarized and the results of the recently performed experiment, which is dedicated to the study at very low energies, are presented.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/337/1/012060

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
337
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[3 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
Bi-annual nuclear physics in astrophysics (NPA) conference
Dates
3-8 Apr 2011
Place
Eilat (Israel)

Optional Information

Collaborations
LUNA collaboration